Quickstart

When you sign up we put a working sample workflow in your account and open it. Nothing is connected and nothing is configured — it runs as it is. Here's the five-minute path from that to a workflow you can watch execute.

1. Test one step

Click any step on the canvas, open the Test tab, and press Test this step. YakPipes runs that single step for real, with real data, and shows you exactly what went in and what came out. This is the fastest way to understand a workflow — and the fastest way to debug one.

2. Publish it

Editing changes a draft. Publish takes a snapshot of that draft and makes it the version that runs, so editing tomorrow can't change what is running today. If Publish is greyed out, the panel under the canvas lists what still needs fixing — click any issue and it takes you to the exact field.

3. Activate it

Activate turns the trigger on. A draft never fires on its own, so nothing happens until you do this.

4. Make it run

Press Run in the builder to run it by hand, or send a request to the workflow's webhook URL (shown on the builder page under the canvas):

curl -X POST https://yakpipes.com/api/workflows/YOUR_TOKEN/trigger \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{"customer":"ada lovelace","amount":249.99,"sku":"widget-1"}'

Then open Runs. Every execution is listed there, and opening one shows each step with its input, its output, and how long it took.

Where to go next

• Templates — most run with nothing connected.
• Working with data — how to use one step's output in the next.
• Step reference — conditions, approvals, digests, storage, email.